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 Articles of Confederation | This document, the nation's first constitution, was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1781 during the Revolution. The document was limited because states held most of the power, and Congress lacked the power to tax, regulate trade, or control coinage. |
| What Shays' Rebellion showed | The need for a strong national government |
| Event that led to the Constitutional Convention | Shays' Rebellion |
| Rhode Island | Only state not to attend the Convention |
| Philadelphia | city where the Constitutional Convention met |
| George Washington | presided over the Convention |
| James Madison | kept notes at the Convention and considered the "Father of the Constitution" |
| Virginia Plan | plan liked by the large states because representation was based only on population |
| New Jersey Plan | Opposite of the Virginia Plan, it proposed a single house in congress in which each state had one vote. This created a conflict with representation between bigger states, who wanted control befitting their population, and smaller states, who didn't want to be bullied by larger states. |
| The Great Compromise | 2 houses, House of Representatives would be based on population, the senate would have 2 representatives from each state |
| Three-Fifths Compromise | Compromise between northern and southern states at the Constitutional Convention that three-fifths of the slave population would be counted for determining direct taxation and representation in the House of Representatives. |
| Founding Fathers | refers to the fifty-five delegates to the Constitutional Convention who drafted the Consitution of the U.S. |